American history: Through germany's eyes
Amy west
Friday, September 6th, 2013
Mr. bart
CHA3U-01
Same but different “To forget the [a] Holocaust is to kill twice.” (Ellie Wiesel) Many words within the past 80 years such as Wiesel’s has impacted history and civilization’s structure to its core. With this in mind, several survivors of the calamitous genocide known as the Holocaust have also expressed their assorted speculations, which can be deemed bias in some eyes. In Canadian history, the Holocaust is represented and taught as a significant catastrophe. Although Canada was not involved with the execution of the Nazi party’s plans, they did however provide assistance in many altercations and uprisings such as the Battle of Ortona. In class Canadian students, such as myself are taught various facts towards the entire genocide in perspective of countries such as Britain, and Italy which played major roles within the era. Forthwith, the standard curriculum has altercated within the past years as gruesome facts of the Jewish minority struggle are not as focused on as the battles which occurred. In addition, several museums in Canada that I have visited such as the Canadian War Museum has reduced the amount of graphic content and information given and presented throughout the World War ll exhibit over the last 5 years. On the other hand, during the early 1960’s, German students were taught minimal knowledge of the Holocaust as a whole, due to the fact that the Berlin wall was still in place until 1989. In addition, teachers did not want to teach the cause of the Holocaust nor leave information out to protect the opinions and standings of the youth in the classroom. Within the last few decades, German students were taught more and more about the Holocaust. In a modern German classroom today, students are taught the Holocaust as a whole, as it is illegal in Germany to deny Nazism. The difference still stands as German students focus more on the psychological trigger and motivation as to why
Friday, September 6th, 2013
Mr. bart
CHA3U-01
Same but different “To forget the [a] Holocaust is to kill twice.” (Ellie Wiesel) Many words within the past 80 years such as Wiesel’s has impacted history and civilization’s structure to its core. With this in mind, several survivors of the calamitous genocide known as the Holocaust have also expressed their assorted speculations, which can be deemed bias in some eyes. In Canadian history, the Holocaust is represented and taught as a significant catastrophe. Although Canada was not involved with the execution of the Nazi party’s plans, they did however provide assistance in many altercations and uprisings such as the Battle of Ortona. In class Canadian students, such as myself are taught various facts towards the entire genocide in perspective of countries such as Britain, and Italy which played major roles within the era. Forthwith, the standard curriculum has altercated within the past years as gruesome facts of the Jewish minority struggle are not as focused on as the battles which occurred. In addition, several museums in Canada that I have visited such as the Canadian War Museum has reduced the amount of graphic content and information given and presented throughout the World War ll exhibit over the last 5 years. On the other hand, during the early 1960’s, German students were taught minimal knowledge of the Holocaust as a whole, due to the fact that the Berlin wall was still in place until 1989. In addition, teachers did not want to teach the cause of the Holocaust nor leave information out to protect the opinions and standings of the youth in the classroom. Within the last few decades, German students were taught more and more about the Holocaust. In a modern German classroom today, students are taught the Holocaust as a whole, as it is illegal in Germany to deny Nazism. The difference still stands as German students focus more on the psychological trigger and motivation as to why